Systems and Computer Engineering (SYSC)

Department of Systems and Computer Engineering
Faculty of Engineering

SYSC 2001 [0.5 credit]

Computer Systems Foundations

Computer architecture and organization: CPU, cache, memory, input/output, bus structures, interrupts; computer arithmetic: integer and floating point; CPU: instruction sets, addressing modes, instruction encoding. Input/output: programmed, interrupt-driven, block-oriented. Examples from several modern processor families.
Prerequisite: ECOR 1606 or SYSC 1102
Lectures three hours a week, laboratory two hours a week.

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2007-2008 Undergraduate Calendar

Courses

Systems and Computer Engineering (SYSC)

Department of Systems and Computer Engineering
Faculty of Engineering

SYSC 2001 [0.5 credit]

Computer Systems Foundations

2007-2008 Undergraduate Calendar

Courses

Systems and Computer Engineering (SYSC)

Department of Systems and Computer EngineeringFaculty of Engineering

SYSC 2001 [0.5 credit]

Computer Systems Foundations

Department of Systems and Computer Engineering
Faculty of Engineering